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Originally Posted by G1911
Grich is a sabrmetric favorite now, but I just don’t see it. #8 2B, just don’t see it. He was a fine player, but that’s it.
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Grich scores so high for two reasons: 1) he walked a lot, which WAR vastly overrates; 2) he played in era with not many good 2B
At the end of the day, .266 with 15 homers a year isn't very impressive whatever WAR might say.